Officer shoots driver who rammed motorcycle after chase in Grand Prairie, police say
Through a windshield, a police officer on Wednesday shot a driver who accelerated toward him and rammed the officer’s motorcycle in a cul-de-sac in Grand Prairie, police said.
Jose Vega, 25, suffered an injury that is not life-threatening injury, Grand Prairie police said. Officers treated him for the gunshot wound with first aid, and he was taken to a hospital.
The Grand Prairie officer, whose name the department did not release, tried about 3 p.m. to stop Vega, who was driving a Nissan passenger vehicle, for excessive speed. Vega did not stop, and the officer began to pursue him in the 3000 block of Corn Valley Road.
From his vehicle, Vega threw contraband, police said. They did not further describe it.
In the cul-de-sac, in the 2800 block of Springdale Circle, officers stopped and tried to verbally command Vega to do the same. Vega made a U-turn and accelerated, police said, and rammed the motorcycle. Just before, the officer feared for his life, dismounted and fired once through Vega’s windshield, police said.
Vega lives in Grand Prairie.
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is conducting an investigation, per departmental policy. The Grand Prairie Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards launched an administrative investigation.
The department placed the officer on routine administrative leave.
This story was originally published July 14, 2021 at 7:08 PM.
